romances is a form of:
Romance
noun
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- (Along narrative; a novel of love adventure, etc., an exaggeration or fabrication; story of unusual adventures or love in an exotic setting; medieval tale of heroic adventure) ភាសារ៉ូម៉ង់ (ភាសាក្លាយពីភាសាឡាតាំង), រឿងមិនគួរជឿ, គំនិតរវើរវាយ, ប្រលោមលោក, អោយរំជួលចិត្ដដូចរឿងប្រលោមលោក, ស្នេហា, វត្ថុដែលគេស្រឡាញ់, រឿងមិនពិត
Example: Makara is always romancing, The romance of Romeo and Juliet, Many people call any love story a romance. literary romance រឿងប្រលោមលោក, romance of the situation ភាពធ្វើអោយរំជួលចិត្ដ, summer romance ស្នេហា
adjective
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- (Relating to, or being any of the languages that developed from Latin, the principal ones being Italian, French, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish) ដែលមិនគួរជឿ, ដែលរវើរវាយ
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- Romance languages នៃភាសាក្លាយមកពីភាសាឡាតាំង
verb — past tense: romanced ; past participle: romanced ; present participle: romancing ;
- 1.
- (COLLOQUIAL) (TRANSITIVE) (to engage in romantic activities or courtship) ចែចង់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.
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- An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life, was a romance.
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- A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance.
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- The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).
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- A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.
adjective
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- Of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance.
verb — past tense: romanced ; past participle: romanced ; present participle: romancing ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories.